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* ] i - North Dakota’s | SEE Oldest Newspaper THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1873 Friend Says Hauptmann Home Kidna WITNESS SUPPORTS DEFENDANT'S ALIBI FOR RANSOM MONEY Student Admits Man He Saw in Car Near Hopewell Re- sembled Suspect SOMMER’S CREDIBILITY HIT Reilly Claims Attempt Made to ‘Frame’ Him at Brooklyn Home Sunday BULLETIN Flemington, N. J., Feb. 4—(P}—A ‘woman restaurant proprietor testified in the trial of Bruno Richard Haupt- mann today that she saw Violet at Yonkers, N. Y., with Alpine, N. J., at 7:30 p. m., the night of March 1, 1932, “She came in. She had @ gray blanket on her arm,” Mrs. Bonesteel testified. “She said ‘I am waiting for someone.’ times I said, ‘gee she looks like a hen beste griddle, Why don’t she stop ate” The court ordered the “hen on the hot griddle” remark stricken from the (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Flemington, N. J., Feb, 4—Bruno Richard Hauptmann's second impor- tant alibi—for the night on which the $50,000 futile Lindbergh ransom was paid in a Bronx graveyard—was sup- ported in his trial Monday by one of his friends, who said Hauptmann was at his home on that night. Hans Kloeppenburg testified he was at the Hauptmann home all evening of April 2, 1932, the date of the ran- som payment, and that he and Hauptmann spent the evening playing ® mandolin and a guitar. Kloeppenburg also testified that Isa- dor Fisch came to a farewell party at the Hauptmann home, bearing « package about 14 inches long, 5 to 6 inches high, 7 to 8 inches wide. Hauptmann had testified in his own behalf that Fisch gave him a shoe- box for safekeeping and that the shoe box contained, unknown to him, the block of Lindbergh ransom money which was found in his garage. Resembled Hauptmann Just before Kloeppenburg took the stand another defense witness, Sebas- tian Benjamin Lupica, acknowledged that a man he saw in an auto with a ladder near the Lindbergh home on the day Baby Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was kidnaped and slain resembled Hauptmann. He said he could not identify Hauptmann as the man, however. “You told everybody in the world that the man you saw on March 1 in (Continued on Page Seven) PERJURY CITED SHIPBUILDING PR Miss Kitchen and Wilder Recall- ed as Committee Presses for ‘Fixer’ Facts Washington, Feb. 4. of one or more witnesses for perjury in testimony ship- mittee. “There is before us,” declared Sena- Vandenberg, (R-Mich.), & com- mony of Axel B. Gravem, Washington attorney, =m. in part contradicted. i i F i E | i es) i & | | i il rit é i: al FR. a Hits at U. S. Navy Building Awards Alleging that he believed “co. ercion” was being used on naval contract awards, and that his firm had failed to get business, despite low bids, Wilder, chairman of the of the Gulf Industries, touched off a BILL WOULD FORCE FARLEY FROM ONE OF HIS TWO JOBS Proposed Senate Measure Would Take Postmaster Gen- eral Out of Politics ‘Washington, Feb. 4—(7)—An “an- ti-politics” bill under which James A. Farley would have to resign either as postmaster national chairman was introduced in the senate Monday by Senator Norris ®., Neb.) The bill, the Nebraskan said, “takes the postoffice department, from top to bottom, out of the control and domination of partisan politics.” ‘The president, with the approval of the senate, would select the post- master general for a ten-year term. Instead of the present system where- by have an important voice in the appointment of postmas- ters, all employes would be selected by the general for “merit and efficiency” only, Norris said. Pro- motions would be on the same basis. “Congressmen ought to be tickled to death to be rid of the job,” Norris said. PRESIDENTS BALL Local Committee Proposes Pooling All Funds in State for Disease Fight | H ay Eis f sé i 5 E A ¥ ail ae 5 & a te it Hi iy . mR E R i S| ‘= i i " ) g 53 iH age | il general or Democratic water BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1935 Welford Begins Administration WELFORD REGARDS TAX SITUATION AS. ~ IMPORTANT ISSUE Has No Cure-Alls for Ills of Peo- ple; Will Cooperate With Government ALL-FACTION MEET WHAT DOES BRUNO SEE AHEAD? PLANS Feels Financial Situation of] State Warrants Non- Political Action Governor Walter -Welford Here are the eyes of Bruno Richard Hauptmann—alternately inso- lent, interested, intent and inscrutable. A world of newspaper read- ers, as well as spectators in the crowded courtroom at his trial in Flemington, Press Photos. Excitement Lacking As Moodie Forfeits Office St. Paul Girl,' ae J., wonder exactly what they express. (Associated Outgoing and Incoming Execu- tives Grip Hands in Brief Ex- change of Well Wishes ‘There was no excitement and no confusion in the governor's office ‘Saturday when word came to Thomas ith | Moodie that the supreme court had disqualified him as governor. ‘The executive, his term cut short, simply asked C. Leibert Crum, his legal adviser who has been handling moratorium matters, to go over and advise Lieutenant Governor Walter Fy : FEE if sak him to.come to the.exnontive.of- ice. Welford did so, accompanied by Senator Thomas Whelan of Pembins county and a few other f1 to Put One Organization Above Public Interest ed. The brief conversation over, Moo- die, again a newspaperman, walked out of the office perhaps for the last time, and down the long memorial hall to the entrance. There was a knot of curious spectators at the door as he came out and more milled around .|in the hallway but he paid little at- to them. Some persons spoke to he spoke , again a after 5 i ¥ é 3 [ a g i 2 z BES + cf : f #8 s ie a 5 z ee fz 5 i 3 i "i i A 3 4 5 5 i if g i i af a & [ E 5 i i - ef : i &. A} f | i fv nit iF Seg ripe z | 5 i EB 8 Fy i z i g i ! : d § [ i i E i is E i } i Hi z = " g | Welford of the court's decision and to ati GERMANY COOL 10 PLAN ADVANCED IN ANGLO-FRENGH PACT Conversations With Hitler Look Toward Settlement of Armament Questions PLAN AIR DEFENSE PACT Success of Peace Formula Seen as Dependent Upon Reich's Return to League (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) Berlin, Feb. 4.—Authoritative quar- ters said Monday that Germany, on the basis of @ preliminary examina- tion, was unable to accept the new Franco-British accord as it stands. Reichsfuehrer Hitler, @ French source reported, “is very reserved and non-committal.” “The best that can be seid about the accord,” it was stated authorita- tively, “is that it does not appear to. be directed against us as does the Roman pact. “Heretofore we have always been presented with cut-and-dried agree- ments, while the London pact gives us @ chance to choose what we want. German officials called the Anglo- French agreement “old stuff,” and indicated there was little chance of Germany accepting it now or later in its present form. Presents Nothing New “With the exception of the value of the aviation clause, the Anglo- French accord presents nothing new,” said these officials. “Germany's re- turn to Geneva is thrown in with the other questions, whereas we hold it apart from other things. “There is no chance of Germany's going back into the until after we are certain that equality in all respects has been actually Reishsfuehrer Hitler received a copy of the agreement Sunday from Ambassador Phipps of Great Britain. The ambassador earlier had given Foreign Minister Von Neurath an out- line of the draft. ‘The foreign ministry, it was indi- cated, will likely take considerable time before giving its official view of the accords. Five nations are asked to pool their serial fighting strength to guarantee themselves against aggres- sion by any one of them under terms of the agreement. It provides that Germany, Italy, and Belgium shall unite with France and Great Britain in such @ pact and also recognizes Germany's right to Te-arm provided the reich re-enters the League of Nations. ; Italians Also Cool In Rome, an Italian government spokesman said he doubts if Ger- many would return to the League of Nations and said he also doubted whether Italy could enter the avia- tion alliance. The Italian govern- ment, he indicated, approved of the idea of such an alliance but sug- gested that, because of reasons, it would be impracticable. ‘The reaction at Brussels appeared the most favorable of all, since Bel- gium long has hoped for s military aviation alliance which would save her from the danger of a sudden air jtack. Product of the week-end’s momen- tous conversations between the pre- (Continued on Page Seven) 142 ATTEND LEAGUE ANNIVERSARY PARTY Moodie | Twentieth Anniversary Celebra- tion Brings Delegations From Entire State Covers were laid for 412 persons at the banquet given at the Patterson hotel Silver Ballroom Sunday after- noon as the main event of the cele- bration held here this week-end com- memorating the twentieth anniver- sary of the Nonpartisan League's p PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW GOVERNOR HAS New Governor ; WALTER WELFORD The fourth man in seven months to hold the office of North Da- kota’s governor, Walter Welford, Pembina farmer, Monday accepted calmly the congratulations of his friends upon his elevation to the executive chair. U.S, SUPREME COURT gress Has Power to Pun- ish for Contempt has power to punish for contempt. gating committee. Poenaed to destroy others. appeals sided with MacCracken. Tuary 14, 1934, after told clients of MacCracken withdre some of the subpoenaed records from his office and destroyed others. L. H. Brittin, former vice president of the Northwest Airways, Inc. re- ceived the same sentence. He served it wouthout appealing to the courts. Monday's session of the Supreme Court was far different from the ex- citing, epoch-making sitting that had been expected up to the time that Chief Justice Hughes announced Sa urday that the gold-clause decision would not be handed down Monda: ‘The capital—including administration Officials who had laid their plans to meet any kind of verdict—felt a bit let down. | Peture of Welford Is Given by Friend . ‘To those who ask the question “what manner of man i Walter Welford?” a close friend gives “For example, he was a direc- tor in a bank. It was forced to close and Weiford paid every cent of his double liability as a stock- holder. “Later, he had moncy in an- other bank, operated by friends of his, He knew it was in difficulty Night POSTPONES HANDING DOWN GOLD RULING High Tribunal Holds That Con- Washington, Feb. 4—(#)—With the gold clause cases definitely postponed for an indefinite time, the United States supreme court Monday substi- tuted for its expected decision on the New Deal monetary legislation an- other significant decision, holding that congress—as well as tht courts— The decision affirmed a 10-day jail sentence imposed by the senate on William P. MacCracken, Jr., former assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, for failure to produce data requested by its airmail investi- MacCracken was found guilty after testimony that he had permitted clients to withcraw some of the sub- records from his office and The District of Columbia Supreme Court held the Senate acted within its power, but the district court of ‘The former government official was found guilty by the senate on Feb- senators were -| MAJORITY SUPPORT -+/ IN STATE ASSEMBLY Expresses Admiration for Mood- ies Shows Little Joy for Job; Asks Cooperation FETED AT LEAGUE BANQUET Message to Legislature Outlin- ing Plans Expected Soon; Marshall Senate Leader ——————————_, Complete text of the su- preme court's opinion ap- pears on page 2 of this edi- tion. i BULLETIN | The strife that has revolved around |the governorship in the North Dakota jnouse became past history Monday as the assembly quickly voted reoog- nition of the new chief executive, Acting Governor Walter Welford. A motion, by Rep. Franklin Page, Pembina county—Welford’s home county—was quickly adopted to name @ committee of three to wait on the governor and notify him the house is organized and ready to receive his messages. Rep. W. J. Godwin, Morton county, majority leader, then moved for dis- missal of the board of managers, composed of five members who were charged with drawing articles of im- peachment against ousted Gov. Thomas H. Moodie. ‘The motion was adopted slong witb two other motions by Godwin—one to indefinitely postpone further action of the move te have Moodie produce proof of his United States citizenship; the other ordering return of docuy ments submitted by Moodie to prove his citizenship. The latter motian that the documents be nee turned with thanks for Moodie’s courtesy. Walter Welford, Pembina county farmer, Monday moved into the gove ernor’s office in North Dakota's new state capitol building to finish out the term to which Thomas H. Moodie was elected. Moodie, disqualified by the suprema court late Saturday, invited his suce cessor into the office and issued statement calling upon the people to give Welford their cooperation in the ‘best interests of the state. Moodie’s Honesty Stressed by Court “He violated no law and did no wrong,” the supreme court empha- sized of Thomas H. Moodie in ren- dering its opinion that the candi- date for governor elected on the Democratic ticket was not to hold office under the five-year residence requirement of the con- stitution. “... But his removing to Min- neapolis and establishing a voting residence there deprived him of his legal residence in North Da- kota during the time he was in Minneapolis,” the opinion con- tinued. The court paid tribute to Moo- die for the manner in which he testified during the hearing. “On the witness stand,” the court opinion stated, “his truthful- ness was apparent to everyone. He answered all questions without hesitation when the answers were unfavorable as well as when they were favorable...” Ww te 'y. * nday morning | |marck. going to, Farso by | ‘© | her (Continued on Page Three) Army ‘Snow Birds’ tors ‘ducked’ but he and another director dug up the money to pay On Hop to Houghton 2 ee t's the of 4 Walter Welford is and that is the & winter test flight from Selfridge kind of a man North Dakotans | Field, Mich. to Great Falls, Mont. will find him to be.” tuned up Monday for the next leg of their flight to Houghton, Mich. of the Keeweenaw Peninsule where land- Power Costs Shown, [ists ig ntacae © To Vary Per Cent Toe 16 planes under Major —— Royce have already Washington, Feb. 4.—(F)—Ne ° balked by snow squalls anc terial for ita study of the power ques- miner ailabape in Northern blchigan. tion was in the hands of the adminis-| Conditions of weather and fee will tration Monday in the form'of a sur-|determine Monday whether Major vey by the power commission show- | Royce will put his fleet of fully loaded ing cost of electric current to house- | planes through the ice test. holders varied as high as nearly 500| Under tentative plans, the fleet will ‘Iper cent in some communities. head for Dwuth, Minn, Wednesday.